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<\/center><\/p>\nTransformers<\/I>, He-Man<\/I>, G.I. Joe<\/I> et al are more my brother’s vintage. I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/I> boy, myself.<\/p>\n
When I saw Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny<\/I>, I caught the majority of the new Transformers<\/I> trailer. It was \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 hilarious in its badness. Now, the movies are a good way of telling people how to feel. We’ve had, over the years, homo panic, Islam panic, Commie panic, even North Korea panic. <\/p>\n
Today, thanks to Michael Bay, we’ve got a new twist on AI panic: the fear that our cars will TURN INTO ROBOTS AND KILL US ALL. That’s why I don’t drive: I live in fear! The reason I upgraded from a Walkman to an iPod is because I’ve seen what Walkmen can do<\/I>.<\/p>\n
So if you look at Transformers<\/I>, you can tell that what we’re in for is a ride of pure hell. There could, even as we speak, be a Transformer hiding in your pool waiting to pounce on your unsuspecting children. It is unclear precisely what this Transformer intends to do your little girl, as I believe that Decepticons run on fuel rather than blood. Perhaps plasma is simply delicious.<\/p>\n
In fact, none of this makes any sense at all. That’s the good thing about irrational fear: it’s irrational. I don’t believe that society has a history of oppressing sentient machines, enslaving them to our whims. I’m more in league with the types of cars that burst into dance at the slightest provocation.<\/p>\n
How Transformers<\/I> can be anything but bad is beyond me. Unless it turns out to be a documentary: a stern warning of things to come. In which case, Michael Bay for Antichrist! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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